> saying "net caloric balance is the sole predictor of long term average body mass" drives people nuts Because it is like saying that fuel combustion causes ca

> saying "net caloric balance is the sole predictor of long term average body mass" drives people nuts Because it is like saying that fuel combustion causes car crashes. And then smugly congratulating yourself about how you have solved a major public health problem by prescribing a fuel shortage. > It's just as possible that different microbial populations follow from obesity. In which case transplanting the skinny microbes to a stout animal would make no difference. The research in question shows it does.